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Ichthyomyzon unicuspis Hubbs & Trautman, 1937

Silver lamprey
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Common names: Silver lamprey
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from the upper half of the Mississippi River basin, the Great Lakes and Hudson Bay basins, and a probable reproducing population from an Ohio River tributary in Kentucky (Ref. 10294). Specifically, Hudson Bay Basin, Minnesota; Lake Superior Basin, Michigan, and Wisconsin; Lake Michigan Basin, Illinois, Michigan (Carp Lake River), and Wisconsin; Lake Huron Basin, Michigan (Devils, East Au Gres, Pine, and Rifle rivers); Detroit and St. Clair rivers, Michigan; Lake Erie Basin, Michigan, New York, and Ohio (Swan Creek); Lake Ontario Basin, New York; St. Lawrence River Basin, New York, and Vermont; Ohio River Basin, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia; Missouri River Basin, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota; Upper Mississippi River Basin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin; Tennessee-Cumberland River Basin, Tennessee; Lower Mississippi River Basin, Mississippi (Ref. 89241). Also Ref. 86798. Status of threat: Endangered, and is treated as a Species of Special Concern in Tennessee (Ref. 10294).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Etnier, D.A. and W.C. Starnes, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Lamproie argentée, Lamproie argentée, Sølvlampret, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Petromyzonti (lampreys) > Petromyzontiformes (Lampreys) > Petromyzontidae (Northern lampreys) > Petromyzontinae
Etymology: Ichthyomyzon: ichthys, fish; myzon (Gr.), to suck (borrowed from Petromyzon), i.e., a sucking fish, referring to their suctorial behavior. (See ETYFish);  unicuspis: unus (L.), one; cuspis (L.), point, referring to single (unicuspid) cusps of circumoral teeth of adults (compared with bicuspid circumoral teeth of congeners). (See ETYFish).
  More on authors: Hubbs & Trautman.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal; potamodromous (Ref. 1998); depth range ? - 31 m (Ref. 89241).   Temperate; 59°N - 30°N

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